The Book of Tea.
Picquier| N° d'inventaire | 23505 |
| Format | 11 x 17 |
| Détails | 176 p., paperback. |
| Publication | Arles, 2006 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782877308519 |
For a century, The Book of Tea, which offers a most subtle introduction to Asian life and thought, has been addressed to all generations. And this great classic, which once helped build a bridge between East and West, has lost none of its power and can still illuminate our modernity. Okakura's stroke of genius was to choose tea as a symbol of life and culture in Asia: tea as an art of living, an art of thinking, an art of being in the world. It speaks to us of harmony, respect, purity, serenity. Ultimately, the ideal of tea is the very culmination of this Zen conception: greatness resides in the smallest facts of life. Those who seek perfection must discover in their own lives the reflection of their inner light. Thus, the way of tea is much more than a ceremony: a way of living by digging into the roots of being to return to the essential and discover the beauty at the heart of life.
For a century, The Book of Tea, which offers a most subtle introduction to Asian life and thought, has been addressed to all generations. And this great classic, which once helped build a bridge between East and West, has lost none of its power and can still illuminate our modernity. Okakura's stroke of genius was to choose tea as a symbol of life and culture in Asia: tea as an art of living, an art of thinking, an art of being in the world. It speaks to us of harmony, respect, purity, serenity. Ultimately, the ideal of tea is the very culmination of this Zen conception: greatness resides in the smallest facts of life. Those who seek perfection must discover in their own lives the reflection of their inner light. Thus, the way of tea is much more than a ceremony: a way of living by digging into the roots of being to return to the essential and discover the beauty at the heart of life.